Covid-19 surge in some states, Centre says step up vaccination
63 dists in 6 states, 2 UTs of particular concern; 108 deaths in past 24 hours
A medical worker inoculates an elderly woman with a Covid-19 vaccine at Sanjeevan Hospital in New Delhi. (Express Photo: Abhinav Saha) With six states and two Union territories reporting an increase in daily Covid cases, the Centre Saturday urged them to make optimal use of vaccine doses in critical districts, step up vaccination of priority groups, tie up with private hospitals for opening up vaccination time-table for at least 15 days, and to increase contact-tracing to at least 20 people for every positive case.
Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan and NITI Aayog member Dr V K Paul, who heads the national task force on Covid-19, held a detailed video-conference with officials of Haryana, Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, Goa, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand and the Union Territories of Delhi and Chandigarh. Nine districts in Delhi, 15 in Haryana, 10 in Andhra Pradesh, 10 in Odisha, nine in Himachal Pradesh, seven in Uttarakhand, two in Goa and one in Chandigarh were specifically flagged, with the Centre saying they “continue to be of concern”. The Centre also announced it was sending experts to Maharashtra and Punjab, which continue to report a surge in cases.
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